Comanche County History Society Proposed By Local Youth
L B Russell highlights the 80th birth of Comanche County and urges a civic celebration. A young resident aims to establish a Comanche Historical Society to gather and preserve local data, elect officers, secure accessible meeting space, and promote community interest in county heritage.
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L. B. Russell
Comanche
Comanche Historical Society
Comanche County
Dallas
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County and City Officers of 1903
1903 county and city officers listed led by L. B. Russell as mayor and Hugh Sherrill as marshal and collector. Notes that all county officers are Democrats except the county attorney a Populist and ends with the proverb Pour oil on troubled waters not if political waters.
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L. B. Russell
Hugh Sherrill
Marshall
A. S. Harris
J. P. Hoff
Hilton Burks
G. A. Chilton
G. A. Bruton
W. C. Jackson
John T. Jay
H. A. Carmichael
R. E. Harris
G. M. Phillips
J. W. McNeill
D. P. Simmons
R. G Armstrong
Geo. E. Smith
J. M. Rieger
Comanche Crowned With Most Beautiful Sponsor And Maid
The Comanche coronation week spotlighted sponsor Miss Myrt Bryson and maid Miss Eva Lee Bryson in orchid georgette and gold georgette costumes. Their car bore orchid pink decorations in the parade driven by Eustace McCulloch. The Brysons attended multiple social events with luncheons teas receptions and dances as coronation week unfolded. The piece ends with a sharp political aside about the American public.
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Misses Myrt
Eva Lee Bryson
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Eustace McCulloch
Myrt Bryson
Growth of Comanche County Since 1870
The Comanche Chief began in 1873 when the county’s population was under 1200. The 1870 census showed 1010 residents, by 1880 the count reached 2608, and by 1900 the population was 23 000, three thousand more than today’s estimate.
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Comanche County
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